National Conference (5)
A National Conference is held each year, sometime during September through November, to receive reports of national officers, national committees, and the national board of management. It is also held to conduct any business of the Society, elect national officers (alternating years), and to promote programs in furtherance of the objects of the Society.
The National Conference is held over 4 days.? The first day of Conference the National Board will generally meet at 2:00 p.m.? It is usually over by 4:00 p.m.
The second day starts the business meetings of the Conference with the Procession of Officers about 8:45 a.m.? While the business session is in process, the men who are attending the conference enjoy getting together for a tour of something or someplace interesting.? A Welcome Luncheon served at the hotel, plated style, takes place at the noon break of the assembly?s business session. The meeting will continue for several hours in the afternoon after lunch.
The third day of the conference is reserved for the Host State society to showcase their state.?? Lunch is generally a part of this day and included in the price of the ?Fun Day? tour.
On day four,? the first event will be the Officers Club Breakfast, followed by the Memorial Service.
The Officers Club which holds an annual breakfast during the National Conference, consists of a President, Chaplain, Recording Secretary, and Treasurer, all selected from the various active and past State Presidents, as long as they are not National Officers. It is a State presidents? affair; they conduct all business. The Treasurer collects donations from all who attend and usually divides the proceeds among the projects sponsored by the National Society. It is a fun Breakfast to which some of the State presidents bring favors or gifts for a drawing.? All members are welcome to the breakfast.
Each year a Memorial Service is held in memory of members who passed away during the previous year.
The business of the conference now resumes and should adjourn around noon.
The Schedule of Events is as follows:
| 2023-2024 OFFICE | OFFICER | SOCIETY |
|---|---|---|
| PRESIDENT | Kathy Kessinger | Kentucky |
| CHAPLAIN | Collen Petosa | Texas |
| TREASURER | Mary Jane Forsythe | Arizona |
| RECORDING SECRETARY | Margaret Carr | Missouri |
- A reception is held by the Host State on the first evening of conference. The reception is to honor the President General and the Honorary Presidents General. It may be formal, semi-formal, dressy or somewhat casual in dress and nature. This is usually coordinated with the President General. There will be a receiving line which will also include the Honorary Presidents General, the Host State President and the Conference Chairman.
- Both the Patriotic Banquet and Honor Banquet are formal attire.
Usually the third day of the conference is reserved for the Host State society to showcase their state.
Lunch is generally a part of this day and included in the price of the ?Fun Day? tour.
The men attending the Conference are welcome on this tour.
On the second day of conference while the business session is in process, the men who are attending the conference enjoy getting together for a tour of something or someplace interesting.
Forms (3)
I clicked on the folder in the Forms page next to the National Officers/Committees and the icon changed from a closed folder to an open folder, but nothing is there.? What happened?
First, it is working correctly.? Unfortunately, the specific National Officer and/or National Committee Chairman has not sent their form to the Webmaster as of yet.? As soon as it is received it will be posted to the website, so check back soon.
NOTE:? you should also check the website before you do any reporting so that you will have to most up-to-date form to submit your information on.
When I clicked on the form, it opens another tab and all I see is a white screen.
This is evidence that your computer is loading the form from your computer via the stored cookie it placed on your computer. Your browser has options to either load pages from the cookies stored on your computer or retrieve the most recent one from the website server. Why you may ask? It all has to do with speed. Loading from your computer is always faster than pulling it down from the server.
OK, now to resolve. While in this “white screen”, you need to hit CTL-F5, that is the the control key (has CTL on it) and depress Function key 5 (has F5 on it) and then release.?? (Ignore the dash, that is just how it is written).? This forces a reload of the page or document. The Adobe Form should reload in your browser window.
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Most cookies are easy to delete. Just pick your browser from the choices below and follow the instructions.
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Internet Explorer 9
Open Internet explorer window
Click the ?Tools? button
Point to ?safety? and then click ?delete browsing history?
Tick the ?cookies? box, then click ?delete?
Internet Explorer 8
Click ?Safety? on the Command bar
Select ?Delete Browsing History?
Select the option for cookies and click Delete
Alternatively, Internet Explorer 8?s new InPrivate browsing feature allows users to browse the internet without recording information from visited sites (including cookies). To use InPrivate mode:
Click ?Safety? on the Command bar
Select ?InPrivate Browsing?
Internet Explorer 7.x
Exit Internet Explorer 7, and then exit any instances of Windows Explorer
Click Start, click Run, type inetcpl.cpl, and then press ENTER
On the General tab, click Delete under Browsing History in the Internet Properties dialog box
In the Delete Browsing History dialog box, click Delete Cookies
In the Delete Cookies dialog box, click Yes.
Internet Explorer (all other versions)
Internet Explorer saves cookies in more than one location, depending on the version of the browser and the version of Microsoft Windows being used.
The best way to find and delete them is to close Internet Explorer then use your file management software (such as Windows Explorer) and search for a folder called ?cookies?.
Google Chrome
Click on the ?Tools? menu and select ?Options?.
Click the ?Under the Bonnet? tab, locate the ?Privacy? section and click the ?Clear browsing data? button.
Select ?Delete cookies and other site data? to delete all cookies from the list (alternatively, you can remove all cookies created within a specific time period by selecting the period you want from the dropdown list).
Select ?Clear browsing history? to delete traces of which websites you?ve visited.
Select ?Clear download history? to delete records of which files and programs you?ve downloaded.
Select ?Empty the cache? to delete cached website pages.
You can also delete saved passwords (which log you into websites) and saved form data (such as your name and address).
Then click on the ?Clear browsing data? button.
Click on the Close button when you?ve finished.
Mozilla Firefox
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AOL 8 and 9
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Click View Files. Your list of cookies (plus your other temporary internet files) will be displayed.
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Users of Netscape Navigator 4.x may also stop cookies from being written to the hard drive, by making the cookies file read only. However, even if the browser can?t ?write? cookies to the hard drive, it can still cache them, and it may create a new cookie file.
Opera
To delete all cookies at the end of every session, select it in the privacy settings under Tools > Preferences.
Click on Manage cookies to delete specific cookies or cookies from specific domains.
To delete all cookies immediately, go to Delete private data on the Tools menu.
Deepnet Explorer 1.1+
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 (MacOS X)
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Press Delete button
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 (MacOS 9)
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Opera
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To delete all cookies immediately, go to Delete private data on the Tools menu.
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Insignia (1)
You may now order your insignia directly through the NSDCH insignia vendor:? Citypride, Ltd.? You must have your National Number readily available to enter.? Once you have added all of your insignia items to the cart and have paid for your items through the “checkout” process, Citypride will verify your order with NSDCH.? When approval is given by NSDCH, your order will be shipped to you via the address you submitted on your order.
To access the NSDCH insignia page of the Citpride, Ltd. website, click on the link below:
http://cityprideltd.com/damesofthecourtofhonor-1-1.aspx
Dues and Fees (3)
The national dues for the National Society are ten ($10)? dollars per capita, paid by July first. Each state society through its State Treasurer shall pay into the Treasury its national dues on or before July first of each fiscal year for the following year. The dues of a member admitted or reinstated after June first shall be credited for the succeeding fiscal year. Any member over the age of ninety years who has been in a state society for over five years shall be excused from paying national dues.
Reinstatement of a member dropped for nonpayment of dues or resignation, may be made by the payment of dues for the year dropped and the current year. In addition a reinstatement fee of five ($5) dollars shall be sent to the Registrar General with a check from the state society made payable to NSDCH for the cost of processing the reinstatement.
An example based on current dues:
Dues for year dropped:? $10.00
Current year’s dues:? $10.00
Reinstatement fee:? $5.00
Total Reinstatement Cost:? $25.00
Any member over the age of ninety years, who has been in a state Society for over five years, shall be excused from paying National dues.
The transfer of a member from one state society to another is handled by the Registrar General. The transfer must be sent to the Registrar General along with fee of $5.00 from the state society payable to NSDCH. This $5.00 check MUST be sent with the transfer request to the Registrar General.
Applications (2)
A new applicant shall pay twenty-five ($25) dollars to NSDCH plus the state dues of the state society she is joining.? The twenty-five dollars breaks down as follows:
Initiation fee:? $15.00
Per capita dues:? $10.00
State dues: ? shall be determined by each state society.
Supplemental applications cost $20.00 and require the sending of two (2) checks:? one payable to NSDCH for fifteen ($15) dollars and one to the State Treasurer for five ($5) dollars.